There are 11 ways to get from Bologna to Colmar by bus, train, train (Trenitalia), car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, train
best- Take the bus from Modena to Baselbus
- Take the train from St Louis to Colmartrain Ter
8h 14m€88–195Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bologna to Milanbus FlixBus N524 / ...
- Take the bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Colmarbus BlaBlaCar Bus
10h 30m€42–78Train via Basel
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from St Louis to Colmartrain Ter
8h 30m€113–194Drive 613.7 km
- Drive from Bologna to Colmarcar 613.7 km
6h 22m€99–143Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Basel (BSL)plane BLQ - BSL
- Take the train from St Louis to Colmartrain
7h 21m€85–271Train
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbbtrain Ec
- Take the train from St Louis to Colmartrain Ter
8h 37m€112–206Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane BLQ - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmartrain
6h 45m€130–368Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane FLR - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmartrain
7h 39m€152–390Fly Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt, train
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Frankfurt (FRA)plane BLQ - FRA
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhoftrain
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
7h 22m€143–354Train to Venice Marco Polo Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane VCE - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Mulhousetrain
- Take the train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmartrain
8h 18m€147–364Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly to Strasbourg International Airport, train
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Strasbourg International Airport (SXB)plane FLR - SXB
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Colmartrain
5h 22m€79–356
Bologna to Colmar by train and tram
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bologna to Colmar is to bus which costs €40 - €80 and takes 10h 30m.
The fastest way to get from Bologna to Colmar is to train and fly which takes 5h 22m and costs €75 - €360.
No, there is no direct bus from Bologna to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Bologna and arriving at Colmar via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Bologna to Colmar. However, there are services departing from Bologna centrale and arriving at Colmar via Milano Centrale, Basel SBB and St Louis. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h 30m.
The distance between Bologna and Colmar is 695 km. The road distance is 613.7 km.
The best way to get from Bologna to Colmar without a car is to bus and train which takes 8h 14m and costs €85 - €200.
It takes approximately 8h 14m to get from Bologna to Colmar, including transfers.
Bologna to Colmar bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bologna station.
Bologna to Colmar train services, operated by ItaloTreno, depart from Bologna centrale station.
The best way to get from Bologna to Colmar is to train via Basel which takes 8h 30m and costs €110 - €200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €40 - €80 and takes 10h 30m.
What companies run services between Bologna, Italy and Colmar, France?
You can take a train from Bologna centrale to Colmar via Milano Centrale, Basel Sbb, Basel SBB, Saint-Louis, and St Louis in around 8h 30m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Bologna to Colmar via Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano in around 10h 30m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–600
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 2m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–480
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–330
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 11m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–420
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–440
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–430
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–340
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt via Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–360
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–600
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zurich Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €170–600
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–420
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Basel via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Strasbourg International Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–290
Rome2Rio's guide to Société Nationale des Chemins de fer Français (SNCF)
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Louis to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Louis to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Louis to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from St Louis to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 34 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–21
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 30 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
Train from Milano Centrale to Basel Sbb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Trenitalia Eurocity
- 1st Class
- €90–130
- 2nd Class
- €75–110
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Mulhouse
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 19m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–55
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Mulhouse Ville to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €8–13
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 29 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–20
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 44m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 35 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–27
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof to Strasbourg Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 9m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–55
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +31 30 751 5155
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–16
- Website
- Nederlandse Spoorwegen (NS)
- Phone
- +39 0362 185 0590
- info@onebus.it
- Website
- Onebus
Bus from Modena to Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 41m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €70–110
- Website
- Onebus
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bologna to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–28
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Bologna to Milan
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano to Colmar
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
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Booking & Getting There
Bologna to Colmar bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Milan station.
Bologna to Colmar train services, operated by ItaloTreno, arrive at Milano Centrale station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bologna to Colmar is 614 km. It takes approximately 6h 22m to drive from Bologna to Colmar.
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